Vertebrate Animal Traits

Vertebrate animals are defined as animals with backbones. The subgroups include Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals

Vertebrate Groups	Examples	Body Temperature	Body Covering	Reproduction Method	Interesting Facts
Fish	Barracuda Shark Goldfish Grouper	Cold Blooded	Hard Scales	Egg	30,000 types Gills to breath.
Amphibian	Frogs Toads Salamanders	Cold Blooded	Wet skin	Jelly eggs laid in water	3,500-4,000 types Complete Metamorphosis (egg-tadpole-froglet-adult) Gills-Lungs Amphi-two sided/both sides Bios-Life/Lives
Reptile	Snakes Lizards Turtles/Tortoises Crocodilians	Cold Blooded	Dry scales	Dry leathery eggs	Solar powered. Get most of their energy from the sun. Eggs laid on land.
Dinosaur	Triceratops Tyrannosaurus Velocirapter Apatosaurus	Warm Blooded	Scales	Leather eggs on land	Extinct.
Birds	Toucan Woodpecker Hawk	Warm Blooded	Feathers	Hard shelled eggs	9,000 types Warm blooded. Hollow bones to reduce weight. Feathers for warmth and flying. Need alot of food to function ranges from 1/3 body to body weight.
	Lion Gazelle Zebra Whale Dolphin	Warm Blooded	Fur/Skin	Live Birth	Babies require milk from mothers to live (Mammals). Most have furry coats to trap air to stay warm.